Model-Based Archaeology of Socionatural Systems

How should archaeologists and other social scientists tackle the big and little questions about change in socionatural systems? Although fieldwork is certainly the place to start, it alone is not enough to answer troublesome "how" or "why" questions. To make sense of what they find in the field, archaeologists build models-possible explanations for the data.

Summary

Taken together, the chapters in this volume constitute an argument for a new way of thinking about how archaeology is (and should be) conducted.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy Kohler
• Assisted by: Timothy Kohler (Editor), Timothy A Kohler (Editor), Timothy A. Kohler (Editor), Sander Leeuw (Editor), Sander E van der Leeuw (Editor), Sander E. van der Leeuw (Editor), Van Der Sander E. Leeuw (Editor), Sander E. van der Leeuw (Editor)
• Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2007
• EAN: 9781930618879
• ISBN: 978-1-930618-87-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 254 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 579 g
• Series: Resident Scholar; Resident Scholar; School for Advanced Research R
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity